RPC VI, 8173 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8173 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Laodicea ad Mare
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription IMP C M AVR ANTONINVS AVG
Edition Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Antoninus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design radiate head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription LAVDICEON Δ Ε
Edition Laudiceon δʹ ἐπαρχειῶν Laudiceon δʹ ἐ(παρχειῶν)
Translation of the Laodiceans, of the 4 eparchies
Reverse design Dionysus standing nude facing, head left, holding long thyrsus and cantharus over panther, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 5.75 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference Lindgren 2102
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1975,0411.172
2 2     P: Y23879.187
3 3     NY: 1944.100.66463
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 446, 19 June 2019, lot 241
5 5     Lindgren I, 2102
6 6     Nomos obolos 20, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 446
7 7     D. Lowe